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Welcome to the RACER Mailbag. Questions for any of RACER’s writers can be sent to mailbag@racer.com. We can’t guarantee that every letter will be published, but we’ll answer as many as we can. Publ…
Welcome to the RACER Mailbag, where questions for RACER’s writers can be submitted to mailbag@racer.com. While not all letters will be published, we strive to answer as many as possible, though they may be edited for length and clarity. Questions received after 3pm ET on Mondays will appear the following week. In response to recent gripes from IndyCar drivers about fuel management, some have suggested solutions like mandatory pit stops or breaking races into segments for refueling. However, implementing forced items like these may create more issues than they solve. The relatively clean race at St. Pete this year resulted in a need for fuel savings, showing a different racing dynamic compared to the previous year’s street racing carnage. While one bad race shouldn’t prompt immediate changes, ongoing evaluation is necessary to ensure a balance between fuel strategy and exciting on-track action.
